Court tells deadbeat dad, Asim Taylor, not to have any more children until he pays $100k child support

A court has barred a deadbeat dad in Ohio from having more children until he pays back child support for the four children he already has.

Asim Taylor, 35, owes nearly $100,000 in such payments.

The 9th District Court Circuit of Appeals on Monday made its decision, upholding a ruling made in January 2013 by Lorain County Probate Judge James Walther against Taylor.

 

Lorain County Probate Judge James Walther (center) issues the order in January 2013 barring Asim Taylor (left) from having any more children until he pays $100,000 in child support payments. His lawyer, Doug Merrill, is to Taylor's right

Taylor’s attoey, Doug Merrill, said he plans to appeal the decision to the Ohio Supreme Court as he has previously argued that the order violates Taylor’s right to reproduce.

He said the only way his client can guarantee compliance with Walther’s order, which requires Taylor to make all reasonable efforts to avoid impregnating a woman,' is by abstaining from sex.

'Indeed, we have little to go on other than what the trial court said in its joual entries, which is itself limited,' Appeals Judge Carla Moore wrote in the majority decision for the appellate court. 'We therefore have no choice in this case but to presume the regularity of the community control sanctions and to affirm.'

When Walther imposed the order in 2003, he called it 'a matter of common sense and personal responsibility.'

He told the Chronicle-Telegram on Monday that the decision allows him to level similar sanctions against defendants in case that are similar to Taylor's.

Still, Walther was not completely satisfied with the appellate decision.

'I’m happy they upheld me, but I’m disappointed they didn’t decide on the merits,' he said.

The high court in Ohio has previously ruled in such a case. In 2004, it struck down a similar order, though on technical ground. A lower court judge had neglected to include a way to have the order lifted.

Walther’s order, however, addressed that issue by stating that the order would be lifted if Taylor could show he was taking responsibility for supporting his children, Judge Donna Carr, who delved into the issue more fully than her colleagues in a concurring opinion for the appellate court.